Welp, I was this close to spending money I can't afford on a shiny new video card. Glad to see NG is aware of this though. I guess I can squeeze some more life out of my current 8800GTS.

cbowsin wrote:
And mine runs 80-90 under 50% fan speed. It is a problem with your card or your cooling.
This seems odd to me. This would imply that your card is designed to run around that temperature on average. Which seems outrageous to me but maybe some are just designed to be that hot. Unless your fan settings got messed with.